Sohar

Sohar, a seaport of Oman in Arabia, stands on the Gulf of Oman, 130 miles NW. of Muscat, and is a well-built place with town-walls and a castle, some weaving and working of metals, a good harbour, and an active trade. It was a famous trading-town in the end of the 10th century, but not long after its commerce fell away entirely. The Portuguese occupied it from 1508 to 1650. Pop. probably 5000.